Specialized Rockhopper 1989 ?

[DeletedUser006]

Update : Aug 2010;

Looks like this now with decals , DX cranks arms , Stumpy Stem and XT Canti's

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Here is my latest aquisition, Its a Specialized Rockhopper which I'm gussing at 1988 but please correct me if you know any thing.

I got pretty much as you see apart from the stem thumbies, It had a sort swan neck stem and gripshift which I cant tolerate so i raided my box of spares and it looks like this Thanks to Harryburgandy for the grips

It has Exage Mountain groupset with a beauty of a biopace and Mavic M231's, The bike was refinished in blue years ago according to the previuos owner and the blue ano was also added back then.

I picked it up in the local free ads for a bargain price, I think Mrs Monster think that we are like a dogs rescue home but for old bikes at the moment

 

[Konaglider]

I think you're doing excellent work there at 'the home'.

Another lovely bike

 

[drystonepaul]

Very nice Mr Monster. Looks good in blue. Proper simple straightforward mountain bike.
I do think the Syncros stem looks a bit too chunky for the skinny steel tubes though.

 

[DeletedUser006]

I think you're doing excellent work there at 'the home'.

Another lovely bike

Cheers KG

Very nice Mr Monster. Looks good in blue. Proper simple straightforward mountain bike.
I do think the Syncros stem looks a bit too chunky for the skinny steel tubes though.

Hi DSP, It does look a bit in the pics but looks better in the flesh, It also makes the bike more my style of riding posistion I will keep a look out for a 1" stem but they are quite rare now and the syncros was in my spares.

 

[MarkLG]

Lovely looking bike. My first proper bike was an 89 model - if I remember rightly it cost me £450, which was a hell of a lot of money as a 16 year old.
I upgraded the wheels to a hand built pair from Dave Hinde (LX hubs, M231 rims I think), fitted Deore thumbies, Dia-Compe brake levers and a Girvin Flexstem.:shock:
Had it about 5 years before getting one of the first Orange P7's.

 

[MarkLG]

It's a 1990 model, not an 88. 80's bikes had the older style graphics and logos.

 

[cce]

once again, another lovely bike in the monster household.

i spent 6 months looking for those exact cantis a couple of years ago. in the end i got disheartened and sold the project cos i couldnt find them!

 

[toadoftoadhall]

Good find GM if its a 88 would it have a rear U brake perhaps under the chainstays ?

 

[DeletedUser006]

It's a 1990 model, not an 88. 80's bikes had the older style graphics and logos.

The decals currently on the bike are not original and were fitted when refinished in blue, I'm still sure is late 80's as exage mountain was about before the likes of 300 400 500 lx sti variant groupo's which were 1990, I will check frame no for any giveaways.

 

[MarkLG]

Looks like a 1990 frame, but with non-original (earlier?) components.
The 88 and earlier models had under chainstay U-brakes. They changed to canti's on the rear in 89. I'm pretty sure my 89 model had a welded on collar for the QR bolt, not lugs like yours has.

88 model here:

http://gallery.mtbr.com/showphoto.php/photo/114644/cat/1092

89 model here (not mine, but same model):

http://forum.ih8mud.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=241955&stc=1&d=1214947572

The 89 bikes had Mountain LX components - the forerunner to Deore LX. The Comp models had Deore. Back then Specialized spec'd full Shimano groupsets including brakes, so everything shoud be from the same series.
Take a look at the 1990 catalogue in the archive section and the 90 Rockhopper Sport looks very similar to yours.